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How many miles have you done in your Model S?

How many miles have you done in your Model S?

Submitted by teddyg on Sat, 2013-01-26 13:16

Hi guys,
Just wondering, as some people will have had their car for nearly 6 months now, how many miles have you put on your Model S? Has there been any effect on total battery/charge capacity?
Wonder if we can find out who has put the most miles on their Model S to date?

Cheers

teddyg |
26 januari 2013

Also wondering if any reliability issues have popped up over this time? Not so much the softward stuff which can be fixed with updates but more like squeaking, rattling, and other physical build quality issues.
I see potential battery capacity issues and these build quality issues as being the only major potential "deathblow" left for Tesla as cars get more and more miles put on them. If cars can start getting to the 60,000 - 100,000 mile mark without any major issues in this regard I think Tesla is here to stay.

family |
26 januari 2013

I have ~12,000 miles on mine. The car is working great. I've done lots of long and medium distance travel, including using superchargers several times. I've had no problems worth mentioning!

Dadaleus...by my calculations at 12,000 miles you might have lost about 5 miles of range in terms of the battery capacity by now (assuming 25% loss of capacity at 125,000 miles)...do you see this happening at all? Would be keen to know.
Thanks.

smd |
26 januari 2013

Dadaleus,
Did you schedule your 12,500 mile maintenance service that Tesla suggests (12,500 miles or 1 year, which ever it first)? Let us know how that goes.

noel.smyth |
26 januari 2013

974 wonderful miles in two weeks! love this car

TonyF |
26 januari 2013

Got my car December 10. 1,950 miles so far. All local driving except one road trip, from Phila PA to Springfiled MA and back for the holidays. Still learning its capabilities and having fun doing so.

teddyg |
27 januari 2013

Wow the forum is really busy these days! My topic got pushed wayy down to the second page in a few hours! Guess as more people are getting into the cars the forum is picking up now...this is great!

R3dStang66 |
27 januari 2013

I got my car Dec 23 and have about 3527 on it already.

rd2 |
27 januari 2013

~2000 mi in 30 days! And it has been awesome.

Although today I got my first paint chip from an idiot motorcycler that was racing on Skyline and passed 3 cars (with a double yellow). Sprayed a couple rocks on my S, luckily it is just a tiny spot on the hood. Grrr....

teddyg |
27 januari 2013

I feel for you rd2...no paint armour on your car?

TheAustin |
27 januari 2013

I've put on just over 1,000 miles in just under a month...Mostly local miles, with one 100-mile trip to and from NYC (Where I learned that 100 miles of mostly highway driving at around 65mph uses about 130 rated miles of charge.)

family |
27 januari 2013

I have not been able to observe battery degradation. I have seen recent standard charges of 245 rated miles, and I don't think I did better then that when the car was new (although the scale was different at first). Of course, I think there should be some degradation, and I have been less than scientific in keeping track.

Tires are also holding up great. I expect they will last well more than 20,000 miles.

I will probably get my annual service shortly. I'll try to remember to post an update when that is done.

reitmanr |
27 januari 2013

We are at 1250 miles since 12/30. One trip to Porterville and back. I know I am behind in my driving quota, but I promise to make up for it- I hope so anyway!

mark_g |
27 januari 2013

Dadaleus: depending on how Tesla has set up battery management, battery degradation may not show up as a reduced "standard charge". What you will see, however, is a reduction in battery efficiency, i.e., the number of real miles traveled vs. rated miles. Li ion batteries have a limited number of charging cycles (generally on the order of 700 - 900) so depending on how many charging cycles your battery has experienced will determine how far down the discharge curve your battery has gone.

Timo |
27 januari 2013

...limited number of charging cycles before it reaches 70% of initial capacity...

Battery will not be dead at that point and degradation is not linear so (usually) 71% -> 70% takes longer than 100% -> 99%.

Mark22 |
28 januari 2013

5300 miles so far. No noticeable battery degradation. However, there is a huge variation from battery performance in cold and warm weather.
I doubt you will have any reliable battery degradation until people can compare the same season they first received the car.

Brian H |
28 januari 2013

1-2% in the 1st yr may not be noticeable. Could you be sure you were getting 2 or 3 miles less on a charge?

rd2 |
28 januari 2013

Teddyg- nope no paint armor. I have a pearl white and it was just too noticeable on the white to put on. It is bound to happen, just sucks when it happens that way.

ckanuga |
28 januari 2013

What happened to the electric miles page that Tesla used to have?
Tesla was also going to add the MS to the page in addition to the miles accumulated by ~2100 Roadsters.

3100+, took delivery 12/15, factory pick up and local driving. I admit I have added to the miles. It's my husband's daily driver and I take it out at night to run errands. Just trying to conserve gas money on my car. Gas is expensive... :)

portia |
28 januari 2013

about 2400 miles in 3 months! have not let my husband drive it much other than when we drove down to LA on our 1000 mile weekend trip (blogged elsewhere on this forum back in Nov)

teddyg |
28 januari 2013

Hi Brian...i didn't say 5%...i said he might have lost 5 miles of range in his 85kWh pack...which is about 2.5% of total capacity

olanmills |
29 januari 2013

One month, about 1,200.

That has me thinking. Is Tesla going to have an owners site where my car reports its data and I can view it?

People have been musing about what apps might be like the car, but there is potentially a lot of data to share. People could probably come up with some pretty interesting dekstop apps too that you use when you're not in your car.

Vic M |
29 januari 2013

5,300 miles and two minor issues so far: the maps program was hanging up, and that sort of just fixed itself. Also, my charge cable failed, but was replaced the next day at Tesla Menlo Park. For about 4,000 miles now, nothing but amazing driving.

dahtye |
29 januari 2013

4,900 miles in the first 3 months of ownership.
I am noticing some "creaking" in the front suspension at slow speeds when turning and going over small bumps or potholes. I'll have that looked at the next time I bring it in to the service folks.

I haven't noticed charging or usage degradation in the battery yet. The most noticable (as has already been mentioned) is the ambient temperature affect on charging. If it's cold, the standard charge goes to somewhere around 238 rated miles. If it's warm it goes to around 243 rated miles. Also, charging in cold temperatures is a bit slower due to having to use some input power to keep the battery warm during charging - hence less power going to charge the battery.

BYT |
29 januari 2013

Only 2k on my 3 month old Model S, but my Accord I sold before this car had 35k on it after driving it for 7 years. I don't put a lot of miles on my cars, but this is the first car I enjoy driving since turning 18.

No major issues to speak of, some little things with USB music and other issues that I think were solved with the software update. Tesla Menlo Park fixed the passenger side door closure issue, just popped a plug at the base used for excess water drainage to relieve pressure when the door is pushed to close.

I do wish I had a 500 mile battery pack because even with as little driving as I do, I eat through the 300 mile pack fast!!

teddyg |
2 februari 2013

So is 12,000 miles the most anyone has put on a Model S so far?

July10Models |
3 februari 2013

@BYT you have to keep the Model S plugged when you are not using it. The more the car is driven the more efficiency you'll realize.

@DaDaleus What is your average Watts/mi over the 12000 mile run?

Tran2Tran |
7 februari 2013

took delivery on 12/6/2012. as of today it is at 3300 miles. and zero gas

drp |
18 februari 2013

Anyone have the 12500 miles Ranger visit yet?

If we buy the unlimited ranger and drive 38000 in one year do we only get it once or every 12500 no matter how much time had lapsed? Anyone know?

Kauai |
18 februari 2013

5,000 miles and 3 months and 8 days today. My standard charge capacity seems to have increased 0.4% from 243 to 244 miles. So no noticeable battery loss yet...

GLO |
18 februari 2013

1800 miles in just over 2 weeks. Only reason we haven't put more on it is were in Hawaii right now...

jk2014 |
18 februari 2013

A relative of mine just donated a vehicle that had 187,000 miles on it. It's fuel economy was 18mpg. Maybe averaged $3.35 per gallon ... So they spent over $34k.

For all those that can possibly calculate, how much money have you spent to charge your MS in order to travel all those miles you have this far?

c.bussert67 |
18 februari 2013

I've got 3200 on mine. I'm seeing lots of questions about battery performance over time/miles. Here's what I've noticed so far. I got my S in October. I was initially getting around 315Wh/mi on our usual 130 mile trip to the in-laws and back. As it got colder the Wh/mi went up to the highest of 330Wh/mi. Have noticed it dropping lately. We did 605 miles on the Vegas trip and averaged 322Wh/mi really pushing the car. A few weeks ago, we did the in-law trip and got 305Wh/mi. Just now, with weather nearing the 70's we got our best yet, 290Wh/mi. That's flirting with ideal range right there! That doing 70-75 on the freeway. Even duked it out with a Fisker, if you want to call it that, but it was fun. Shut him down and gave him a thumbs up. He returned the thumbs up. Cool.
So it seems to me, so far the weather affects the range more than any degradation. My range is the best its ever been after 3000 miles. Having more fun with less anxiety every trip!

Michael S |
18 februari 2013

12,500 Miles in my Sig so far. No range degradation issues so far. Used the Super Chargers along the I-5 from SF to SD several times. Best road trips ever. Heard there has been some crowding problems at the charger in Coalinga, but I haven't had any.

Heard they are also building aq larger charing station in Coalinga coming soon.

drp |
18 februari 2013

Michael

Are you getting a Ranger visit or did you not buy the plan?

nickjhowe |
18 februari 2013

@drp - you can't buy the plan yet, can you?

Brian H |
18 februari 2013

Cn;
Yes, that's starting to sound more like what the original beta testers got over many months. In daily mixed, they were reporting about 5% better than Ideal.

odenator |
18 februari 2013

I've had my car for 5 weeks and I have over 5000 miles logged. These Olympia to Portland trips are gonna wear my tires by the summer.

Hogfighter |
19 februari 2013

3,000 miles over 40 days. Located in South Florida, I have averaged 335 watts/mile (and I drive it like I stole it).

I just looked at my power bill: it went up $100 (had the car the entire time span of the bill). That's 30 miles per dollar.

Brian H |
19 februari 2013

odenator;
Keep us apprised of your effort to hit 52,000 miles in a year, OK? We'll be cheering (and egging) you on! You may want to change your handle to "odometeror"! :D

Hogfighter;
So, how many 30-mile dollars are you intending to squander this year? ;)

DarrellH |
4 maart 2013

We just went over 8000 yesterday after receiving the car a bit over 6 months ago. The battery doesn't seem to have degraded a bit.

We've driven a couple of 800+ trips from the SF Bay area to LA/OC using Superchargers. The ONLY way to go. I can hardly wait until there are Superchargers everywhere! Right now I'd love to see some into Arizona and up into Oregon. Soon, I'm sure.

Our Roadster is almost 4 years old with almost 30K miles. The battery may have lost around 10 miles of range in that time.

Tesla's proof-of-concept Roadster and the real-car Model S are the best cars we've ever owned. And now we have no ICE cars! Heck, I don't even put ICE in my sodas!!!

EVTripPlanner |
4 maart 2013

4100 miles since 12/19/12 - 2 road trips: 1 OK with supercharger, second time my car wouldn't supercharge like reitmanr above.
@reitmanr - what was the actual problem? how do you know *before* you leave on a trip if it is going to work or not?!

JKL |
20 april 2013

Anyone else got update please?

edcalis |
20 april 2013

3100 miles in 45 days.
The worst thing about the MS is when you find yourself forced to rent and drive an ICE. I can't wait to see more superchargers installed throughout the East Cost, so I won't have to go through this again.

dortor |
20 april 2013

3800 miles in 6 weeks - including two trip to Long Beach from SF Bay area…no problems so far.

rbgliny |
20 april 2013

took delivery Feb 21st - just over 1000. Small items that TM fixed via ranger visits - car has been very reliable....and is regarded as a 'rock star' by the general public who come into contact with it.

R3dStang66 |
23 april 2013

@Michael S
Just wondering is your std charge now compared when you first got the car? I'm a little bit over 11000.